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Name: Rani Mukherjee

Birth date: March 21 1978

Profession: Bollywood actress

Trade mark: Husky voice

Father:   Ram Mukherjee

Mother:  Krishna Mukherjee

Brother: Raja Mukherjee

First appearance: Biyar Phool (cameo)

First movie (as a heroine ): Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996)

First successful movie: Ghulam (1998)

School: Manckjee Cooper High School

College: Mithibai College.

Favorite comic: Archie and Donald Duck

Favorite outfit: Anything comfortable

Favorite food: home cooked fish

Favorite gift: Diamond ring given to her by her father.

Favorite film: Titanic

Favorite song: My heart will go on

Favorite perfume: Polo Sport

 

Beauty secret: Uses lots of moisturizer and taking balanced food. Rani does not eat junk food or colas. She only takes coconut water or lemon water. Most of the time she takes home cooked food like rice, salad etc.  

Rani Mukherjee is a trained Orissi dancer. She started to learn dancing when she was in tenth grade.     

She changed her name from “Mukherjee” to “Mukerji” because in her passport it has been written “Mukerji.” So, in order to be consistent she changed it. 

In 2005, an audience of 50000 honored Rani Mukherjee at the Casablanca Film Festival in Morocco.

 

In 2006, Rani Mukherjee bought a house in Juhu for which Twinkle Khanna designed the interior.

From 2004 to 2006 Rani Mukherjee’s name came up in the list of "Top Ten Bollywood Actresses List" made by Film Fare Magazine.

From 2004 to 2006 her, name also came up in #1 in the list of "Rediff’s Top Bollywood Female Stars."

Her name also came up in "Rediff’s Bollywood’s Most Beautiful Actresses list."

In 2007, Rediff included Rani Mukherjee in their list of Best Dressed Actresses.

 

In 2006 and 2007 her name came up in the list of Film Fare Magazine’s list of Ten Most Powerful Names of Bollywood.

Eastern Eye  a UK based ethnic magazine, placed Rani Mukherjee in 36^th position in their list of “Asia’s Sexiest Women.”

Rani Mukherjee was invited to the dinner in honor of the President of Pakistan Parvez Musharraf. 

In 2007, Rani Mukherjee performed at the wedding ceremony of the daughter of Lakshmi Mittal, the London-based Indian billionaire industrialist.

Rani Mukherjee also performed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. For her three minute performance she was paid Rs. 1.5 million.

Useful Links: 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611552/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Mukherjee